Roxy Szal (@roxyszal.bsky.social)

Poverty Is a Policy Choice—and Women Deserve More In the third episode of the Ms. Studios podcast Looking Back, Moving Forward, economists and advocates break down how our economy is leaving women behind and lay out strategies for advancing a feminist economic future. “Poverty is the result of systems that have been intentionally put in place that the majority of us benefit from,” said Aisha Nyandoro, founding CEO of Springboard to Opportunities, home to the Magnolia Mother’s Trust guaranteed income program. “So much of the conversation among economists and among policy people about infrastructure has always been about male-dominated infrastructure,” Lenore Palladino said. “We cannot rebuild our economy or build back better, as it were, with male-dominated sectors and not female-dominated sectors.” "We have to continually ask: In whose interests are we fighting? Who will benefit from the work that I'm doing right now? Who should we put at the center of our organizing campaigns?" said Premilla Nadasen, labor and women's historian. The newest Ms. podcast, Looking Back, Moving Forward is out now on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0UfhY6TQtiH1mkdm7y84YW">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/looking-back-moving-forward/id1823086940">Apple Podcasts</a> or wherever you get your podcasts. https://msmagazine.com/2025/08/01/gender-poverty-policy-feminist-economics-history/